NROTC Scholarship Program

This option provides tuition, and certain associated fees, textbooks, uniforms, and a monthly subsistence allowance. Selected students enter into a contract with the Department of the Navy in which they agree to enlist as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy Reserve or the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve while concurrently pursuing a baccalaureate degree, participating in Naval Science courses and drills, and completing summer training periods. All scholarships applicants are evaluated by a scholarship selection panel, and the application process can vary based on length of scholarship desired.

National Scholarship

This option is available to first-year college freshmen, or college students with less than 30 credit hours. Scholarship recipients receive full tuition benefits, and certain associated fees, uniforms, a textbook stipend each semester, and a monthly subsistence allowance for a maximum of 40 months. National scholarship students must also complete three summer training periods. These scholarships are awarded through a highly-competitive national selection process. For further details, visit www.nrotc.navy.mil/scholarships.aspx

Two and Three-Year Scholarships

These options provide the same benefits as the national scholarship. To be considered, students must have at least 30 semester hours but no more than 120. The length of the scholarship is predicated upon the student’s degree plan. Students will receive scholarship benefits only for the time required to complete their baccalaureate degree or initial length of scholarship, whichever comes first.

For two-year scholarships, students must be eligible for enrollment in the NROTC program’s advanced courses at the college or university where the NROTC program is offered as well as be selected for Advanced Standing, which entitles a non-scholarship student to continue in the NROTC program, receive a monthly subsistence stipend and ultimately earn a commission as an officer.

Upon graduation scholarship midshipmen are commissioned as Ensigns in the U.S. Navy, and serve on active duty for a minimum of five years; or as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps, and serve on active duty for a minimum of four years.